Frog Pond Ice Skating RinkSince 1998, this venue in the heart of Boston has hosted thousands of eager ice aficionados, offering skate rentals, sharpening services and the Frog Pond Café, serving hot cocoa as well as snacks. 

The Fat Monk at Post 390 (406 Stuart St., 617-399-0015, post390restaurant.com): If the four-sided fireplace in the first-floor tavern at this bi-level Back Bay restaurant doesn’t heat you up, this libation featuring Old Monk rum infused with brown sugar and spice-dusted sugar pumpkins fat-washed in brown butter—along with sherry and hot orange-scented water—certainly will.

The long-awaited second restaurant from renowned chef Tiffany Faison finally opened in December, not far from her first eatery, the acclaimed Fenway barbecue hot spot Sweet Cheeks. He

Everything old is new again, as the saying goes. In the Seaport District, Pier 4 was, once upon a time, the go-to destination to indulge in the freshest seafood while enjoying views of B

Founded in 1925, Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven, Connecticut has been one of the most famous pizza parlors in the country for decades, racking up accolades from pizza lovers worldwi

Another recent restaurant debut, this one on Long Wharf in the heart of Boston’s downtown waterfront, has made quite a splash with diners. State Street Provisions (255 State St., 617-863-8363,

Based on Disney’s Academy Award-winning animated film from 1991, the stage musical version of the beloved tale of Beauty and the Beast returns to Boston for a run at the Boston O

 Though somewhat scaled back, Boston’s First Night celebration (refer to listing, page 16) has one thing going for it that it hasn’t been able to claim in years past—all events for the 2016